Executives of several major U.S. corporations urged Mississippi on Wednesday to repeal a new state law that allows businesses to deny wedding services to same-sex couples on religious grounds.
The US Treasury Department intends to soon issue a long-delayed rule forcing banks to seek the identities of people behind shell company account holders, after the "Panama Papers" leak.
Panama said it would form an independent commission to review the country's financial practices following the leak of information from a local law firm that has embarrassed a clutch of world leaders.
The Louisiana House has voted on Wednesday to triple the wait time for women seeking abortion, bringing it to a total of 72 hours or three days from the previous 24-hour period. Louisiana could be the sixth state to have the longest waiting periods nationwide.
